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from 24 , iCr aGib. shot, and 12 mortars. On (fie h, to tool soldiers descried from this city to our „.bilnging with them one horse. i'ALENCIA, Dic. 9.—This City presents the moat likable and animating spcaacle. The lower or s, the venerable Priests, thi Magistrates, the, tiles, and even the Ladia;, , all.: join with the most rious enthusiasm, in et gkeltlabouring on the ions works 'which are etedlittPrei strengthen fortifications. Patriotisth citinot present to contemplation of persOns of. .sensibility, ar illy 'attached to their country, a grander or e.nlivening scene thim this astonishing as-) 114 of all classes of 'Citizens, 'employed in roughest and most fatiguing. labour, without F . di,tinction of rank or person, and forming numerous family,„ mingling with each other, I intimate!), uniting, to prated the objects most red and dearest to their he iris; and nothing can more' terrific to tyranny thartiltistuliversal this fervour, this, mass .offinealculable force, ich cannot be disconcerted.,nor' weakened by the chanical firing of a few.thow,ands.ofslav4s. We :}v6t that every city in tho , peninsulif will follow s example, and' that every where the tyrant will et with Limns, which will prove so missy citadels I,..iitue, justice, and indignant independence. rho second division of Seignor Reding continnes pass throngh this'city ; and we daily more admire ;se troops, who are not to be distinguished from veterans of the army, in point of' - appearance; . eipline, arms, and regiinentals: - • VALENCIA, Due. 7.--The Superior Junta of Go rnment of this kingdom has just received the ful ving dispatches, 'with the 'Saragossa Gazette Er- • :ordinary of the ad inSt, from ins Excellency the., iptain-General of Arragon, and the army of re- " Most Excellent Seighor—l return you infinite, anks for the iota gene which you communicate me, nod cannot but ob-erve to your Excellency; at it' would be very prOper innate!. for this city the, ;invent" of Grenadi•-ri of Gratfa , .!a, which it has en resolved to &lain iii this (platter for the de ice of Arragon for never cant' they be of greater e than in the circtarnstancis which this' city ids itself, of being ithr e atetiOLitll,a speedy at and a second siege. • " I hod no apprehenSion of this sort when at Ca. roso, where 1 was pbsted with a division of my uty, lar'from thinking that I should so soon find ysell iu the latneutable situation in 'which - I am tw placed, for never could any combination of mine' Ate brought Me into it. The events of war arc as' rious as the infinitely varied opinions of mankind,' d the' task' of fixing' them ii more dillictilt than :u of re elating the direEtion •Oif the aerostatic the, 1;1 a word, in consettiOlve of the orders for it reityat, we got into atireadftil engagement at adela on the 23d, in whkcj) theround was strewed id) an immense numberof dead bodies an both les ; hut our brave soldiers never forgot that they ere the children of Valencia, Murcia; and Arm in, nod the enemy; bad, t, all appearance; from 7, 800 killed. '' We hoe lost several exyPllent ()facers; but ome who survive ate tesolved to ~ i vettge their loss j, ci I luive tenon to call oiysdll having the fuettute to 1..)0 at the head 01 .thu bravest of Ow 100 that the ton y'of the eak: i les 01 'ite minty, niter the cliti,L•rsion e,f 0 . ;.,r triy, continual tile int; - mlit, luta we 110 W - in the v iron% of Ilei, L:ny, , i lii sight of which cannot but mind dit - All 1101 11:16 fatal to thetn than for • " I catcr&ty nor advdticcd parties exchanged. me shut 4k nit them ; rite result being some lo's's oni of men anti homy, which consoled' 'and; arnuty.al the titanic tonAbitants of this place, who,i iltwut diftliodion of perlioos, stc, or rank, are nt: ark upon, the tut-lineations, and in three day 3 have: Inv wonders. I expee.l to give another proof, ,ual or superior to, the formt. , ,r, of my attachment my King, and Country., w4l.the assistance o f 01, and our celest rat Patroneis t 3hontd the attempt matk to besiege us. Ciod, " Iklll , l PALA toX Y licut:QI:::::e15 Nuv. Mofit Exectont Sei..iour.—The'aimeed will in• tin y ou r. Exeeituycy of QUI' situation since Ole diS 'Non of my army. at Ttitlels, the relics of which have fortunately to-united in this capital, which e eocmy has I:itemptetl to bcsiei, , : ;e hole force, fl this intention, presvtitvd mself at . Puente de I Aluc la, w here troops orottgly defeated him, eliaAisiog and put mr halt, to flight, with the tol.o/uivuoittti.:: tiobty.—• hey =deo setnotl attita ; auti,though they skic eded Itir,tho moment in, getting pogtie:ision 01 ace, they were again thiloclged with considerable Thvy endeavoured, as appeared from their dis )%itions, to make themselves masterS of the. ictl•-• ,rt.:1111 poet of Tvrt t ro, where their colyums. of Ist ntry Cmslry presetred 'k ee pip g tt of the reach of our batteiies the,pther side of Imps riai tny hi:Ne troops pot them . wilt the of a numb ~.r killr.tt and some i4cAcc . o4. Iti thi6 thi 1).00118 or this kingdOrn; have the 6atit,Loiion to t.: ol 'l ll rUir4 l , Ccmdutt - the . oiseivea .up.ittorned pllantry and trepidity. TO cipuclAe, at daybreak ye,sterclay, we were re triilwll,o IfteAtbe ot the erieilly in every quAr- E and though', according to the ticcounis brought , they ace scouring ;he environs, exacting rations, id coototirting' their aeou,tolhed d,p fet i ot i o n s , orb qiivqioii NC , hf: , lllc'r th-y itirproach . to fay titre set y,‘kiivre Ihey 010 +p - Okiably dread re, , cAltic.)ii 01 the chitsliSellient aiready ittflitted )00 thenti..,--IVlny Cod, &c,' lostiPti PALL FO,X rplattc!s 3,-rttot." {Tho divateh above alluded is from Gtperal ,tiitt 0 Neill to NlAux, zod contoins the delude of Ac hati:e of Todela, told tl•Je subiequent retwt.l PROCLANIATION. " Inhabitants of,Mexico, of all classes and con itions. , Necessity is nut subject to comet eli laws. 'he City lias'sei2ed the person ot his Excellency i e Viceroy. His removal has been iroperions4 Ile landed by reasons of utility and gencritiriAVentence. the ceuro of last, night, thelloya).Aouerdo, the lost illustrious Suignor the AvihiilSnep„ and the ther Authorities were convoked: . 'they have sub.. tilted to the urgency of affairs and the said Vice ;l3, being diveated ot his authority, it. has devolved, conformably to the Royal Orderer the 30th of Oc tober, 1808 4 * upon Field Marshal D. PEDRO Gent• BAY, until the dispa►ches brought by the Providence shall have been opened. •He is actually in posiiession of the supreme authority. " Be calm and tranquil—you are now governed by an .accredited Chief, with whose prudence you are acquainted. Confide in the vigilance of the Royal Acuerdo ; all will turn out to your advantage. Impatience can only serve to divide men's minds, and to occasion mischiefs which may perhaps be ir remediable. The said Provisional Chief, the Royal Acuerdo,, and the other concurring Anthorities4ive you every assurance that can be wished for. " Mexico, Sept. t 6, 1808. ‘ 4 By command of his Exc.ellency,the President, with the Royal -Aciierdo, the most illustrious Signor the Archbishop,' and the other Au thorities. .. " F I RANCISCO XIMENII2." ARRAGON. COry OP A. DISPATCH TO THE SUPREME GENERAL JUNTA, pr.Wll 111S,EXCELLENCY D. FRANGISCo DE: eALAFox, TILL liErtmsENTATIVE GENERAL WITH THE AUMiLs. capital - has . recMly given an additional proof of that heroic patriotism and attach ment to its Sovereign which distinguish and charac terize it. On the 30th of November, in the dusk of the evening, the enemy, being above .12.,000 men in number, made their appearance in the quar ter of Torrero and Casa Blanca, having come by Muel and Muria, on the roads from Madrid and Valencia. Parr of them took post•on the road, on a height situated between the hermitagelof Soledad and Santa Barbara, and commanding Li 'Casa Blan ca ; the rest ascended, under cover of the ravine de.. la MUerie, which covers Torrero, and took posses sion of the CarthUsian =mastery of Conception.— They had a considerable body at Albion, and we Were informed that 3000 men were advancing'by • way of Tauste and Castejon de Buldejussa a Zuera;_ • in order to ettack•u:s at four points . Th e whole of the garrison were immediateiy ordered under arms, and the heroes of Saragossa also took up their mus kets. All the posts were occ u pied, and the whole of the inhabitants went out : with alacrity and'enthu siasin to be spectators of the glorious anion which was impending. On the Ist of December, at day •break, the enemy were dialodged from the Carthu sian.nionastery, and compelled to fan back through the ravine, when they took p6st in five eoltutant. on the heighta that command Torrero, with the decided. intention of tbaking their attack in that quarter.— , They mareeuvred until 10 o'clock A. M. at which hour they commenced their most, decisive and vigor ous attack in the direction of Cast Blanca. , It was received on our side with a very brisk fire of mus ketry • and cannon,. Which lasted until two e'cloCk, when the whole of the enemy's army in Soledad fell back, shamefully ..abandoning Torrero. It was. ap prehended that at this very mottwnt they were pro ceeding to make an attack, with the whole of their force,Th the direction of Casa Blanca ; and such was ,stationed at th a n point, the opinion of the troops who, inure cool and steady than 'even during any other part of tile day, kept up their fire in ilia Olive pl9ritat;oti through , Which the enemy were ht;ng at, the alma tirne on their guard lest it should prove a false retreat; - But at tour o'clock. in the - afternoon the enemy filed off in the dire lion of Alagon, precipitately quitting the field of battle, - and leaving - behind a considerable quantity of pros; i -51005, some •baggage; number at musket locks, and various other ankles of tnilitarrstores, , ',They sustained a considerable loss of men. On our side, we , had only one killed, And a few wounded. All the trOups and Officers 'concluded themselves ivith gallantry and soldier-like intrepidity ; and par‘tidii latly General Dan Felipe de Saint March, who upon' this occasion displayed his military talents, and his characteristic judgment in'the dispnsitiyns ;vhici, ate made to'ensure the succeSS;of the ram: The pea santry' generously offered him their services, and sic entitled to the highest plaiSe,. for, the galla n try with which they saved themselves from a corps of cavalry that had surrounded them, -killing one of the cue, my's horse, and cutting their way through thtlif troops. Tne:division that was adyancing by Zticra retreated before dark' towards Tataite where they arrived at dusk yesterday evening', traversing several, rugged mountaini, and marching nine leagues in the course of the night and daY• l ' It is known that kipp• ther his idol), of hem eight ten thotisand men, who were, doubtless, coining to reinforce the army ih o t t eLicked this city, passed yesterday throng') Al samen,,;and arq to join it on the Ow side et A1:1- pi). This is all that I can at present communicate • to your Majesty. FaA.Notsco Dc l'Ax.'syox MaLZC I ; liead.nearters at Saragossa, Dec, j; 18 0 8,n , CATALONIA. Head-quarters at St. Fcliu, on tlut .I.lobregat, Doc. " A diversion was made by this 'army in the Morning of the sth inst. All the pointsoceupted by the enemy as advanced posts were attacked ,at . the lisMe instant. Their battery above .La crux Cubiertri was dismounted, and three pins of large calibre were spiked. Thuseplanted on the battery On the 'skirt of Monjoy were also spiked, and the, enemy were compelled to retreat at both points. villages of San Andre, San. Martin, and Clot A were occupied by otg troops; but, the latter were compelled to evacuate, in consetinence'of the conti nued tiro-from the heavy artillery which the enemy, have ptanted'6l Fuerte Our loss was very in considerable, notwithstanding the boldness With which .our troops attacked the batteries, and the brisk tire kept 'up by the latter. We have succeed. , ed in erecting, in an advantageous situation, a bat tery of five pieces of large calibre, the tire of which prevents the enemy fromt replacing the guns monnted at La Cruz Cubierta.' . raTitAcr Or A PRIvATE Levrin ritord AAT OVrxcigit Or 'FHB 18111 DitAOOONS. r' On Brigadier-General• Srewiares arrival at Naval del Bel, on the 12tii, lie learnt that ayarty pf the enemy, of about 50 infantry and 30 cavalry, were at Valladolid and Rueda, in the hope of car rying off 3,20 G arobes of cotton (part of. Jutrofs plunder), which had been stopped by Courts, on its way from Lisbon to Bayonne, and warehoused at 10cda, for which purpose they had put in tequi. fdLion 70 cars, Under this information, he detached Lieut. Cal. JONES; With 80 men, to Rae;la, to entietr. Your to surround the town, and place' himself b. tween Rtieda ,and Valladolid. Not hearing from. Col. JON eti as sooty as lie expeEted, lie proceeded himself with 50 men, and found his orders executed' with Lieut. Col. JONES'S usual ability. From ,caßt4. DASHWOOD, who had entered the town in disgurse Brigadier General STawAtvi learned where the ene my's infantry was. A, small party whom he de wiled under Col, Otwavr, succeeded perfe.aly in cutting off the advanced picquet,. and after a brisk fire or ,a 'few minutes, they gained the enemy's post : 30 prisoners were taken, the number of killed can not be ascertained. Our lossvas one killed and two dangerously wounded . we 'had four horses killed, hut we took as many from the enemy. Colonel OrwAv .with 56 men, was left to c ov er th e re moval of the 70 cars, which were expected at Naval del Rel on the 13th. The French arms, &c. taken, , were distributed' atnong the peasants, whO sheav ed every disposition to assist us. OM- officers and men displayed the greatest intelligence and zeal. On the, 'l4th Colonel ALLEN, with 40 hussars, was dis• . patched in the hope of falling in with one of the enemy's patroles. He left half his party' at Rueda, and .proceeding with the remainder to Seco, he fell lei with a patrole of an Of fi cer and 22 men, fifteen were made prisoners, and two killed; the Officer unfortunately was well mounted, and escaped. Colonel ALLEN'S condut deserves the highest praise. Brigadier General STEWART left at . Rtieda detachment of 35 men, under Lieutenants HAY and CONOLLY, and on the evening of the 14th tent Colonel OYWAY to push on with the party towards Valladolid. Brigadier General STEWART passed through Torducillas,' and. joined Colonel OTWAY, who had enteredNalladolid in the night. General PEAMICNIN.had evacuated in the night, under the idea that a great cavalry tOrce was opposed to. him ; 'he retired with J 4.00 cavalry and too infantry, to wards Rio Seco, leaving behind him an Officer and Apo sick, 22 prisoners, and 10 stand of - arms...-.: On returning , front Valladolid Colonel. Orwir fell in with a party of Q 2 chasseur s , proceeding from Madrid to Valladolid,' not knoWing it had been: eve.' coated. They consisted of one Lieutenant,, two - Quarter-Masters, two Battalion Serjeauts, and 25- men, under Colonel ANTIAGUE ; on being charged by Colonel OrwAr; they immediately 'fled, four were killed and some horses, and the remainder with the Colonel, made prisoners.: The numbers taken "by Colonel QtwAv's pairole, are a Lieute nant Colonel, 50 men, and t 5,0 stand of arms.— Islis merit has been very conspicuous, and Lieute nants HAY and CONOLLY are mentioned as very ris ing young officers. _ _ --- ‘f On ille.risth, of General STEWARTs•S Brigade had a very gallant rencontre tkith (hit advance of the enemy's Imperial Quards, whom they repulsed ; they 'had several killed, we had ten wounded and two officers." ' , TO CORRESPONDENTS. 4 '. * * We should be glad to oblige SwztanaA ; but we trust that, on rettedlicm, he Nvill be convinced that the peopleof this Country 'lced no exhopation to i Ramie, thgtruo take an interest lit the cause or Spain, whieWmiiiiiiitere,t .11 , ruankind, and which tile frenc h thetuseives will here.itter deplore that they were driven to oppose by their tirociotis Despot. The Stri6ittres op Mr. Fox's Posthqmous Work, .To.wor. row. We shall soon resume that valuable Article the Historical Review of BuoN4P A ra's Campaign in Italy. MAILS. AlPitvzo-4 Iyatcrforti. Du t--3 Cottetburgh, z 111.1 ‘Vatcitold, • PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TvviLLvz O'CLOCK. Co;suls . . 66 I Red. Anti. • - & Ca THE SUN. 110LIM citllll Alll/M AUDtAT ? L 0 N 1) 0 N FDNESDAV, JANUARY 11, 1 ►i4.l!jA The Gonefleof last ►sight contains the niipatches, of Sir JOHN Moose:, which fully confirm every part of the, statement which. we laid before oar Readers on. Monday. It now appears Obvious, th 4 BuoNA• PARTE intended,, by one of his rapid manoeuvres, to epvelope the British Army, and in crash it by an immense superiority of ntunbers.. 'For this purpose, Souvr'it Corps,was advanced to Saldana, with the view of drawing Sir Jont4 Moons to the East-, ward, while BUONA PARTE himself, with the tnain, body of his army, made a rapid march . from . Ma drid, in the hopes of getting in the rear of the Bri tish, and cutting off, their retreat. This 'plan, We haw' every reason to hope, has been corn-. pletely frustrated by the timelrretreat of Sir Jonti Mamie. All the attempts made by BLIONAPARTE to impede our retreat, by means of his cavalry, have net, only failed, but have .completely established the . superiority of our cavalry. In all the, encounters they had with the French, they, were inferior in numbers, and in every. one of them they were deci cisively viaotious. We are not inforMed of the precise route by which the- French marched froth Madrid, but as they of Cbglle advanced in a north west dirdaion, we think it by no means improbable that-they might intercept our retreat to Vigo; and this appears to have been the opinion of Sir JOHN IVIOC?* E s as he has evidently directed his retreat to wards Corunna, instead of Vigo. There is perhaps , another reason why'Corunna has been preferred ins. the point . of retreat,' which is, that Vigo is situated in a verydeepbay, which opens to the Westwa r d, and Consequently it would 'be impossible, in case of a strong wealeay wind, for our Vciscl3 10. ! ,voll, of the Harbour. 'We-trust that the Spaniards will use &try cxer .ticitiktii.improve the' advantage which this mAereent bflttie French Army must 'afford them. lititet,l ibr following tip .the vi&ory which he had' &lined over the Army of General CASTANOS, and ad vancing into the South of Spain, BUONAPAUTE has been compelled, in a manner, to, abandon the fruits of his vidory* .and to bring nearly tne whole of his army into the* North. If heliacl been ell 'abled to follow up the Spaniards, after the battle of Tudela, as he did the Prusians after the' battle' of ilitierstridt, the consequences might ,have been lekdally fatal. But now they hive time to re dostilitlficim the .'alarm. which :their defeat at qutic;la must have Occasioned ; to collect their • scattered army ; to augment it with new levies; to arrange their plans of defence ;. to take possessiOn of, and to fortify the strong. mi,es which lead to the SOnthern part of the IC„..ingdotn. and to adopt such measures as the exigency of the case may require. All the accounts we have see!' from the South of Spain represent the inhah:-.. tants as much more determined in their hostility to the French, and Much more energetic thati those of the North, and the arrival of the Ves- eels from South America, with a supply of between four and five million of dollars, will enable the Junta to facilitate their exertions: We have received aci counts from Cadiz, of the date of the 2d instant, by the Melpomene Frigate, which has arrived at Portsmouth. These accounts are of a very gratify ing nature. All classes of people seem to be a6tuated ' by an unanimous determination to resist, by every possible m eans, the i Tyrant who is endeavouring (0 Wive them. We regret very much to hear, thatosome appre• pensions are entertained for the safety of Mr. NW" Pity, of the house of GORDON and MURPHY, the Gentleman who has made such patriotic exertions in the Spanish cause. He left Madrid on the 3d of December, and kis not been heard of since. - Some further Dispatches were yesterday received 1 414;eit Sii• J. MOORS. They state,:that he was con :011016g his retreat towardstihe coast. Their march was elleamilly covered by the cavalry under (Ito command of Lord PAGgT and General STEWAwr. We received the following Letter from a reap e. able Correspondent, and though it materially .differs from the aceounts given by the French of a later dale, 60 our R eadars DEc. seems - wearing a better aspeA in Spain. Madrid is still - believed ,tobe in possession of its natiVeinhabitants, and the exertions of the people are really wonderful : two houses ere said to have been thrown down at, the entrance of every street, in order to impede the progress of .ots valry. The streets . are nearly 'unpaved tO supply the 441 ant inhabitants with wpm u9iticn, and as metiOdetertninatinn as loyalty pervades the tv4ole; aliflicfli all communications are made and held from th`p roofs of the houses, and nothing is heard, but the cry of " Death or Freedom—Long live Fiat" DINAND the. Seventh, and a 'speedy downfsl Tyrant of Europe." EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM 1,,1,5801i,. DATED D,E9; 18. 1808. `..A.bave only, one moment to tell yon, that all your!atko'unts we see in the English Papers, at the ,latter'erid of last, and - beriinninff of the present mouth, respeCting the disasters in Spain, are coq'. 'si4ernhly magnified. The very Jolt accounts have here is, that the Spaniards possess Madrid, after three attempts by the French to take that City. The British Armies under Generals Moots and Sir DAVID BAiltD have formed a junands,icm; ands, amount, by report to 40,000 men, of which a large proportion are cavalry. The Spaniards have every' where, with open arms, and all their hearts received and fostered the British. Something has been suf fered on the march, hue that was to be expeled.—.o , We are not dismayed here—far from it, and every energy of this Government is now bursting forth. All ranks are direaedio : be armed. Multitudes o'lsol.• diers are swept from the , hitherto idle and dis Solute hordes ofuseless beings about the'streets;' pikes, mu's. , kets, add new made soldiers are in every corner ;• the 'Very,chililViti have caught the mania,' anti tin kettles, Ogrris i mpd wooden swords are beat and waved hi: iteflahce . , and detestation of the French. No Frencit• man, or man tiuspetted of being so, dare make hi/ appearanCe for these : juvenile heroes hoot, pelt with stones, and otherwise annoy any thing bestrirlig the semblance of ,a Frenchman. fr, I lodge in the house at a harmless Swiss, and have fortwo days fared but badly, as ,he dare not stir to market, hiving been hooted from thence as a and nearly killed on Wednesday last., a.ze t w era in the history of Portugal, and if the a` Molts of the Fidalgos (Noblemen) keep pac* with theirpatriotic pootributiotis and loyal profes sions, the populace will follow, and their foruiet i 2 ,